American Craft Beer Week is Here!

It’s finally gotten warm enough to feel like summer is right around the corner, and it’s a great thing because this week is American Craft Beer Week! There’s a ton of great events celebrating small and independent brewers all over the country, but we have some pretty awesome things happening right here in Colorado Springs!

Here’s some things you can’t miss:

NOTE: We will continually update this as we learn of more events. This list is only what we’ve found or have been told about.

Tuesday

Smiling Toad: Go check out the work Biff and the crew has done to the place! A little birdie told us about 15 taps, a new bar, and beers (think Blood orange IPA, Coconut stout, a Rye IPA and more) released each day this week!

Thursday

Fossil: Bison Brothers Food Truck, Cookie Tap Takeover, we love stouts and we love cookies! We brewed up our version of a Thin Mint Stout, Samoa Cookie Stout, and the famous Oreo Cookie Stout! Stouts on Stouts on Stouts, we have enough to go around and will be serving them in 12oz glasses rather than half pints, 32oz fills only, yeah we said fills!

Sunday

Fossil: The Pickled Pit Stop, We finish up strong with our Kunda Baltic Porter! Our salute to the end of cool weather (fingers crossed)!

Bristol: Wit Brunch: For $15 you get a refreshing pint of Wit, accompanied by a delicious buffet of scrambled eggs, french toast with orange marmalade, potatoes o’brien, bacon, and sausage.

Storybook: Raspberry Gose release

And of course, you have to get around town to take part in Pints and Plates!This one-of-a-kind event pairs local craft beer with special dishes at Downtown restaurants. Each beer is created exclusively to pair with a special dish at their partner restaurant, and both are available only during this limited-time event.

A graphic designer for the Colorado Springs Business Journal by day, beer enthusiast and homebrewer by night. It's not what's on your glass, but what is inside it that truly matters. Drink good beer and surround yourself with good people who drink good beer and life will be merry.